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red hat help please
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| carlitos 2003-01-14, 12:12 am |
| i have a 550 mzh computer
with a 30 gb hard drive
so far i have a 10 gb partition with w2k server on it and another fat partition that i am using for data storage
si i have10bg unused and unpartitioned space
i want to install red hat 8.0 on it
i have the linux bible 8 and it came with the distro
how i go about the dual booting?
is there any selections that i need to pay atention to? so i dont delete my 2 existing partitions ?
i dont wanna lose w2k server
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| ccieToBe 2003-01-14, 12:40 am |
| Do a custom installation and pay antention to the partition creation and boot loader portions of the setup. Also create a Windows boot disk before doing anything so if you fubar the mbr, you can go in and repair it. | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2003-01-14, 6:39 am |
| Don't delete anything. Just install Linux like you always would, and as ccieToBe has recommended, make sure you have a Windows boot disk to fix any problems if they occur. You will be given an option install a boot laoder at some point (GRUB with the most recent editions of RH) and then you can choose the default OS to load. After Linux is done being installed, you will have GRUB present you with a menu of which OS to choose and if you fail to make a selection within the first 10 seconds or so, it will boot to the default OS. | |
| carlitos 2003-01-14, 3:07 pm |
| i will be trying that tonite and i'll let you know how it goes
another q
will the distro come with compilers to study some c++?
i am trying to lear that language and it would be nice to try it on red hat | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2003-01-14, 3:34 pm |
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Originally posted by carlitos
i will be trying that tonite and i'll let you know how it goes
another q
will the distro come with compilers to study some c++?
i am trying to lear that language and it would be nice to try it on red hat
Yes, gcc can compile c++ code. | |
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After Linux is done being installed, you will have GRUB present you with a menu of which OS to choose and if you fail to make a selection within the first 10 seconds or so, it will boot to the default OS.
I have a dual boot system (using GRUB) with Red Hat 7.2 and Windows 98. Linux is the default OS. How can I change the default to Windows? | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2003-01-15, 10:37 am |
| Look at your grub.conf. You should see something like this:
default=linux
timeout=10
color=green/black light-gray/blue
# section to load linux
title linux
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5
boot
# section to load Win98
title windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
Just change "default" from "linux" to "windows", and save the file. Then reboot, and you should have grub defaulting to Windows. | |
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Look at your grub.conf. You should see something like this:
This didn't work. My grub.conf looks different:
boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10)
root (hdo,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hda3
initrd /initrd-2.4.7-10.img
title Windows
root noverify (hdo,0)
chainloader +1
I tried changing "default=0" to "default=Windows", but that didn't work. | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2003-01-27, 9:05 am |
| Try "default=1". | |
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| Mr. Linux Guy 2003-01-27, 10:30 am |
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